Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, Seeing he hath no heart to it?
Luke 7:32 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. Tuilleadh leaganachaAmplified Bible - Classic Edition They are like little children sitting in the marketplace, calling to one another and saying, We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we sang dirges and wailed [playing funeral], and you did not weep. American Standard Version (1901) They are like unto children that sit in the marketplace, and call one to another; who say, We piped unto you, and ye did not dance; we wailed, and ye did not weep. Common English Bible They are like children sitting in the marketplace calling out to each other, ‘We played the flute for you and you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song and you didn’t cry.’ Catholic Public Domain Version They are like children sitting in the marketplace, talking with one another, and saying: 'We sang to you, and you did not dance. We lamented, and you did not weep.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are like to children sitting in the marketplace, and speaking one to another, and saying: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have mourned, and you have not wept. English Standard Version 2016 They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, “‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’ |
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, Seeing he hath no heart to it?
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.